No mention? :joker:

It may depend where you look but people have been questioning why he hasn't been played by a black actor for years.

I don't particular want/need an ethnic actor or a female actor to play the Doctor. If it turned out to be another white male I wouldn't be particularly bothered but I also wouldn't be against an ethnic or female Doctor because there is really no need to be IMO.



I forgot it was a BLACK woman too. :joker:

I was disappointed though as I thought Ken Bones was great and wanted to see more of him.

[QUOTE=Marsh.;9251897]No mention? :joker:

It may depend where you look but people have been questioning why he hasn't been played by a black actor for years.

I don't particular want/need an ethnic actor or a female actor to play the Doctor. If it turned out to be another white male I wouldn't be particularly bothered but I also wouldn't be against an ethnic or female Doctor because there is really no need to be IMO.






I'd forgotten that :shocked: . All these female regenerations is making more obvious it will probably be a female doctor then seen as they keep finding ways to introduce a different gender :rolleyes: .

I'm not saying the Doctor should be a Black guy but I'd rather he changes ethnicity than Gender just my opinion :idc: .

I can think of a ton of decent male actors who'd fit the role perfectly

I think that was Moffat's way of normalising it or getting the audience used to it happening so the "canon" excuse couldn't be used anymore.

But it's no longer his show going forward so who knows.

This whole 'the doctor should be a woman' thing is so boring. If done it would literally be a gimmick. Having the Master regenerate into Missy was gimmicky enough but she's a secondary character.

Why is there such an obsessive need for the Doctor to be a woman? It's not necessary.

I agree with this. I really enjoy her and Michelle Gomez but I wish she was a separate character. I'd prefer a Master more in the vein of the brief taste we got of Derek Jacobi rather than the more campy, comical portrayals.

There isn't a need. But it's not a problem either.

But as far as campy and comical goes, Gomez strikes the right balance.

I actually feel embarrassed whenever I watch a John Simm episode.

Part of that might have been the production around him though. Him gurning to Rogue Traders. :worry:

That's my concern too really, that it'll feel "shoehorned in" for effect rather than organic. It DID feel like that with Missy to be honest. Her being a good character saved it, really.

But I do think if they want to explore a bit more diversity, they should go for ethnicity first. It is a bit strange that, with all of humanity as a possibility, he's always not only white, but always British :joker:.

If it were America he'd be a mixed race, transgendered sexually fluid Sea God with a missing arm by now.

Him screaming "DINNERTIME!!" and flying towards those tramps is literally me when I walk into the gay bar

:joker: :joker: :joker: :joker: :joker:

:clap1: Exactly .
I'm glad I'm not the only who thinks people are obsessed with the Doctor becoming a woman.

I want him to stay a man and Missy was a weird one to get my head around because I still kept thinking of the Master :bored:

Oh I agree, that's why I really do enjoy Missy as a character in her own right.

There really is no need for the Doctor to be play d by a woman, just as there isn't any need for a woman to play James Bond. It's been established he is a male and bowing down to whatever feminist claptrap the media are sprouting is pointless. I'm sure there are several great female actors who could play The Doctor brilliantly but there really is no need at all.
Fingers crossed for Idris Elba :fc:

The Doctor is an alien from Galifrey so he can turn into whatever because he's not human.

I don't always buy the James Bond argument either considering he was written as a Scottish man but most of his actors have been English...

:clap1: Thank you
James Bond has to stay male too . The Doctor & James Bond will always be male figures so people need to stop being silly because these characters were written as men so they shouldn't change or mess with it . Idris would be amazing but he's too busy in Hollywood , I'm glad he's so successful though :cheer2:

That's a good thing because she is the Master. :hmph:

This.

James Bond is practically rebooted with each actor.

It's not a science fiction show that bends and changes every rule it makes. :hmph:

James Bond is a human male so unless he decides to undergo gender reassignment that's not really a valid comparison.

Is she heck !!!! :laugh3::crazy: she's a twisted version of Mary Poppins on acid !! :facepalm: . I know she's the master but I find it weird .

And John Simm didn't look like he was on acid? :crazy:

That makes no difference when you get directors and writers trying to be clever by putting a modern twist on it all :bored: .

They'd probably do something ridiculous and make James retire and his long lost female sister or cousin would take over aka Joan or Janice Bond or something :rolleyes: .

Atleast Super girl being the cousin to Superman worked
( it wasn't the most exciting movie but i didn't mind it too much )

I'm glad they're simply a female Time Lord. I always thought Time Lady sounded daft.

Preach it